Greenland appears larger than it really is. Keep reading on The WiC Project Lifestyle Blog & Miriam's Boutique: Home Goods, ...
Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...
MR. STEERS's useful little book on map projections, the third edition of which has recently been issued, is written for those students of geography who have only the most elementary knowledge of ...
THE second edition of this useful book differs little from the first, which was published in 1914, but the author's identity is now revealed. Most books on map projection are either severely ...
Peter Rogerson is a member of the American Association of Geographers. People have long been intrigued by figuring out the center of the places where we live. You’re probably familiar with the concept ...
The Mercator map, created in 1596 to help sailors navigate, is also why so many people think Greenland is larger than China. Now you can better appreciate how two-dimensional maps mess with geography, ...